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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30
Moth-Infested Carpets.

If carpets are badly infested. they
should be taken up and beaten and
swept thoroughly. Before relaying,
scrub the floor with hot water, getting
plenty of it in the seams and crevices.
Give the floor time to dry and then with
a feather or small brush, smear kero-
sene under the base-boards and in the
cracks. Place all around the edges a
strip of tarred paper, or heavy paper
soaked in melted tallow, either of which
will prevent the insects from getting
underneath the edges where the destruc-
ton generally begins. If their ravages
are just beginning, and the carpet does
not otherwise need taking up, put a
wet cloth over the spots infested, and
press heavily with very hot iron. The
steam thus driven through the carpet
will destroy all eggs and larv@. -R,raE
NeeO Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30
EARN ACCOUNTS.
A Simple System of Bookkeeping Which
Every Agriculturist Should Adopt.

A Simple System of bookkeeping Which
Every Agriculturist Should Adopt.
There are frequent articles in the
agricultural papers urging farmers to
keep accounts of all of their farm opera
tions. If they intend by this that they
should keep regular system of books,
by double or single entry according to
established rules, it is all nonsense. Not
one farmer in fifty will ever do it, even
if his education has qualified him for
such bookkeeping But we do insist
that every farmer, mechanic or laborer
should keep a journal in which he should
enter every item of money received or
paid out and what for, and the exact
date. Get a plain blank book, and
enter every transaction in it. If sales
are made for cash or for trade, so state
in the journal If money or property is
derived from any source, put in the
book on the same page with the date,
stating who from and what for. The
writer has done this ever since he came
to Iowa, thirty-twO years ago, and now
it is a valuable book of reference. 1t
tells when certain transactions took
place, how much was paid or received.
And there is another and more i'm
portant reason why this should be done.
This world is full of wicked men and
women, and you have got to die some
day, and your property for which you
have labored long and hard, may be
swept away by dishonesty trumped-up
accounts. Thousands of such cases are
occurring every year, Claiming again
debts already paid. But if you have in
your journal statement with date
when such claims were paid, the courts
in settling estates acknowledge the
validity and correctness of such entries.
The writer once paid off his own note,
and without marking it paid, or making
an entry on his journal, put the note in
atill in his desk. A few years afterwards
the desk was sold and the purchaser
found the note behind the drawer.
He demanded the payment of the note,
sued for it and recovered pay again. If
an entry in its regular place had been
entered in our journal of the day it was
paid, it would have aided the jury in
coming to conclusion when one party
swore the note was paid, and the other
that it was not.
Besides, when years have passed it is
so satisfactory to look back over the
journal and see what certain things cost.
And it frequently settles when certain
events happened, when journeys were
made, and thousand things which
such a journal will solve. 1t is always
worth ten times as much as it costs. 1t
is satisfaction and a safety. Enter
every item right along, day, price,
quantity and person. Any one who
can write will find such journal an
easy matter, and when once accustomed
to it, there will be found a pleasure in
attending to it.-DeS MOjnes (Ia.) Reg
iSter,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30
MERITS OF SOUR FOOD.
The Result of Careful Experiments Made
in Fattening Pigs.

The Result OF Careful experiments Made
in Fattenng Pigs.
Mixing water with meal before feed
ing will enable animals to consume a
given quantity in less time than though
fed dry, but can in no way increase its
nutritive properties, and it would not
seem possible to render it more easily
digested, hence there can be nothing
gained by the extra labor required to
wet the feed. 1t is well understood that
the estate in which certain kinds of food
is given to his stock has often an i'm
portant influence upon the profits of the
feeder" Careful experiments made in
fattening pigs fed upon meal mixed
with water and given sweet, also fed
upon the same kind and quantity, after
standing until sour, showed that greater
growth could be obtained from an equal
quantity that had stood until it was
sour. 1t is customary in Holstein, ac-
cording to Prof. F. w. johnson,
% collect waste green heritage of
every kind for pigs, and place in
water and let 1t remain until it
sours before feeding. When subjected
20 this simple process it fattens pigs
which would scarcely thrive upon it
before. The reason, however, is obvi-
ous. During the souring Tactic acid is
developed, which undoubtedly renders
he food more easily digested, as this
cid is one of the most important ele-
ments of the gastric juice. Farmers
who have tried the experiment have
learned that by using good judgment in
feeding they can grow calves more
rapidly upon given quantity of
skinned milk which has been allowed
10 stand until the sugar of milk has
oeen converted into Tactic acid than
upon an equal quantity fed sweet. This
is undoubtedly due to the fact that the
sour milk is more easily digested. Mix
ing meal fed to beeves with water, how
ever, does not produce any chemical
change whereby it can be more readily
ligested. The salivary glands would
probably not be so heavily taxed when
the meal is wet. If allowed to stand
until thoroughly soaked, however, it
might be softened to such an extent as
to render it more easily digested, as the
particles of the meal would be more
readily reached by the gastric juice of
the stomach. -American CalttUator.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

"She's the sweetest girl in SCHOOL," en-
Enthusiastically exclaimed one young miss to
mother, as they passed down the street to,
yether. Edith is so kind, and gentle, and
Inselfish, every one likes her. And she
aas lovely golden hair and pretty eyes
.sn't it pity her complexion is so bad; i
ipoils her looks And then she has such
dreadful headachesr' The girls skipped
along, but it happened Edith's mother had
Aeard what they said. 1t set her thinking.
What could be done for those headaches
and the rough, muddy complexion, that was
such trial to her gentle daughter. She
recalled what she had read of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and on the spur
If the moment she slipped into drug store
md bought supply. Edith took it faith
'ully, with the result that it cleared her
lisordered blood, relieved the headaches
made her skin soft, fair and rosy, and now
she is not only the sweetest girl in school,
but the most beautiful.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30
FARM AND FiRESlDE.

The best seeds and implements pay
best.
Farmers must look for their profit
in reduced cost rather than higher
prices.
An Iowa farmer gives as his expe-
rience that an exclusive diet of corn is
the cause of hog cholera.
-zPrimroses will hold their flowers
longer if set in shady window after
they are in flower and Farm.
Under like conditions young ami
mails make greater gain, in proportion
to food eaten, than those fully matured.
Cranberry Jelly: One quart cram
berries one pint sugar, one cup water.
Cook ten minutes and strain Yankee
Blade.
"A horse is never SO gentle but that
he should be watched carefully. A
most ungentle animals the gentle horse
when thoroughly frightened.
Sponge Cake: One cupful sugar;
three eggs, we'll beaten; three table
SDOOllluio NolNl W ttAti OLlt ClBlul IOuI
one teaspoonful baking powder, mixed
with flour, and a pinch of salt.-IoIedo
Blade.
The more rapidly air is brought
into contact with cider the faster the
latter will be changed to vinegar.
Draw out little cider daily and return
it to the barrel, if for vinegar.-St.
Louis Republican,.
Beauty the home and thus beau
tify the childhood of your sons and
daughters, Train them to help you in
your tasks. Divide with them the toll,
and they will double the pleasures of
your home. - Cincinnati Times.
"A Vermont owner of sugar
bush" states that last November he
tapped his maple trees to test the quail
ity of the sap flowing at that time, and
found it to contain one and one-half
per cent. of sugar against three or
three and one-half per cent. in spring.
The flavor of fall-made sugar he says
is most exquisite, and its maple taste
perfect. Christian at Work.
1t has been claimed for years that
rats first introduced the terrible trichnia
in swine and then, through fresh pork
and bacon, into human bodies. DR..
Landrey, in the Popular Science Ne1US,
supports this theory with personal OBJ
servations and cites a number of cases
showing that dead rats, mice and cats
should be kept away from hogs. 1t is
crime to throw dead rat to the hogs
with such facts in mind.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Corn Biscuit: Scald two cups of
corn meal in one pint of sweet milk.
Then stir together three-quarters of
cup of butter, two cups of sugar and
little salt, and add to it. Then add
three eggs well beaten, little flour and
half a cup of hop yeast. Let it rise the
second time; then roll out and let rise
the third time. Bake and send to the
table hot. This amount makes about
twenty fine biscuits. Mothers Mdga-
zine.
Feeding Work Horses: In my ex-
perience of about thirty years in feed
ing work horses no i'll effects have arisen
from feeding corn meal ground as fine
as burr millstones can properly do it,
when mixed with cut hay or straw. 1
have had cases of collie, but it was al
ways traced to carelessness of the feeder
and violation of orders in not mixing
the meal with cut hay. l have fed
horses upon various concentrated grains
ground into fine meal, from four years
old to twenty, and they were always in
good health when the rule of mixing
fine meal with cut hay or straw was
strictly adhered to.-MontreM Witness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30
C-h.o-o! C-h-o-o!l C-h-o-o!!.

Don't sneeze, snee1e, hawk, hawk, spit
blow, and disgust everybody with your Of
discharges from the nose and eyes, throat
disease, causing choking sensations, cough,
ringing noises in head, splitting headache
and other symptoms of nasal catarrh, re-
member that the manufacturers of DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer, in good faith,
$500 reward for case Of catarrh which
they can not cure. The Remedy is sold by
druggists at only 50 cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30
aConstantly Hawking and Spitting!''
Three Bottles Cure Catnrrln.

ELI RoBRINs, Runyan p O Co 0tHmP'% w hen
Nc "' vas five Years old, very badly. l saw Dr.
sac aye WI C itn Se Remedy advertised and pro
rcd bottle for her and e s99f saw p snaT
mt curei she is now eighteen years old and
.nund and hearty"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

OFT obscure the road that eads to health,
Unmarked by board or sEi;
Wisdom avails not, powe1ess is wealth
To sooth those aches of nine.
But do not despair, withliie there nope,
The cloud eonceals thesun;
With Perce's FavoritG PRESCRIPTION at hand
You life's full coursemay run.
More truth than poetry IN these lines, as
thousands of ladies all over the land now
blooming with health, testify to the great
curative powers of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, adapted by much research
those weaknesses and ailments peculiar to
females. All druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

is strong, healthy, vigorous wife with a
clear, handsome complexion. Thee can all
be acquired by using DR.. Hartsr's Iron
Tonic
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

A LARGE woodshed-Whn blockhead's
hair CONES out--NetD Harm NeWS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

THE strike among matches is slowly SUBJ
siding as the days lengthen. -DGnViHs
Breeze.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

The otter and the heron are fisher
men, though they neither make use of
assline nor of a net.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

"AH, Jones, where away SO fast this
morning2" 'I'm off for the whaling
grounds" He was the district school.
master on his way to the school. house.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

PEOPLE Are Killed by Coughs that Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar would cure.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

"BoY-CoTTING here" is the sign of a
Sixth street newsboys lodging house
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

AN orchestra very seldom has more
members than its leader can shake a stick
q
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

FooT-READINo is the latest craze. Verify
these are times that try mems soles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fail 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

THE Maxim gun fires seven hundred
shots minute. Everybody who hears this
maxim will heed it-Portland Advertiser.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

ROLLING stone gathers no moss, but q
rolling pin will gather considerable HAIR :
Worcester Chronicle
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

A PHoroGRAPHER's negative--his refusal
TO give sittngs on credit
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

A PHILOSOPHERS says A girl should mar
ry for protection, and not revenue only.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

THE man who jumps overheard is sup
posed to be over-bored with life.-M 0.
Picayune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

SEE notice Durang's Rheumatic Remedy
In this paper. Positive cure for rheumatism.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

TIGHT-LAoING, like other evils, has its
compensation. 1t prevents waste-fulness
--L9fe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

EVERY criketer is very wicket man,
for he is always going out on a bat with
the byes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

THE best thing out-a big fire.-N r
Lelger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

THERE are two things who's drawing
power has never been excelled-the circus
and the porous plaster. -SuhyS,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

RAPED attention-that which is secured
by the use of the gavel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

WHAT is the difference between an angry
over and a Tilted maid" "Give it up"
why, one is cross beau, and tile other is
. cut-laSSD
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

MAN wants but little here blll-owe, but
wants that little paid Whitehall Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

If AFFECTED with Sore Eyesuse DIR: Isaac
Tnompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell lt25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

Pur up something for rainy day, if only
an umbrella.-NeV age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

HoN. R. NJ MoLANE, U. S. Minister to
France, certities to the curative powers of
Red Star Cough Cure, which costs but
twenty-five cents bottle. At Druggists
pvArvIybara
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

IN at the breech - the cartridge.
Heven NeWs
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

CAPIBLE Minister III the Interior-a res
taurateur.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

CWRAPpED up in business-the hack driver
on a cold day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

THE tramp's vocation is vacation
Waterloo Obsers0r
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

OF foreign berth-the porter on all Eu-
ropean sleeping car.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

ONE CT the last sad rites-writinR ones
will
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

Dr. r. Butler, Master of Arts, Cambridge
University, England, says: est Jacobs
Oil acts like magic" Sold by Druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

THE diamond fields of America base
tall
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

VERY stale bread-:he crust of the earth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

A TAX is almost sure 10 call forth attacks
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30

The hard way of the world-the railway.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-30


VERY stale bread-:he crust of the earth.
S---
The hard way of the world-the railway.
THE diamond fields of America base
tall.
A TAX is almost sure 10 call forth attacks.
ONE CT the last sad rites-writinR ones
will.
CAPABLE Minister Ii the Interior-a res
taurateur.
PUr up something for rainy day, If only
an umbrella.-NeT age.
OF foreign berth-the porter on all Eu-
ropean sleeping car
THE tramp's vocation is vacation
Waterloo ObsersOr.
-A--
UWRAPPED up in business-the hack driver
on cold day.
MAN wants but little here blll-owe, but
wants that little paid Whitehall Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-02-02
Tae Salvation Army Opens Fire.

The Salvation Army did not present a
very formidable array when it opened fire
or the hosts of sin in front of the Ne1cs
Office on Sunday afternoon. 1t consisted
Of Adjutant Newton, who is heavily built
we'll dressed young Englishman, wearing a
medium length blonde beard over his face,
and his wife Mr. Newton wore red
shirt under his dress coat and a red band
around his artillery cap, bearing the words
salvation Army" Mrs. Newton wore only
the band about her bonnet. The only
c3gnal weapon visible was concertina Oh
which Mr. Newton played hymn tunes
While nc and Mrs. Newton sang.
After Il few remarks from Mr.. Newton
and some singing before the number CT
people who assembled the army went to
the hall, which was well filed Singing,
the concertina, prayer and speaking con
stituted the services. Mr.. and Mrs. New
Ton both spoke, Mr.. Newton's remarks be-
;u@ something Of sermon with a duly an
:Iounccd text. The congregation was
orderly, but did not seem to be much i'm
pressed. Adju:ant Newton stated that the
services now being held are for white pco-
pie and that special services for colored
!,ccplc will be held soon. There was moth
ilg especially noticeable in the sermons.
Tic service last night was well attended
and their conduct was as usual, including
the colectian, which seemed to yield but a
sc;snr' sun. The chief impression made
by !iGju ant Newton is that he is much in
e.t,Eest both in singing and preaching
GrceAytNe .TerS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-02-02
The Electoral Count Bill.

Both houses of Congress have passed the
electoral count bill, and it only needs the
Presidents signature to become law. Hap
PLY there is thought to be no doubt Of the
Presidents approval The bill passed SO
4uicj!y at last through both houses that it
is difficult to realize why it should not have
become Il law years ago. 1t removes all
lie doubt aid confusion about the counting
of the Presidential vote in Congress, and
t!I;.s eliminates from our quadrennial con-
tests one Of the most disturbing elements
which haze ever been connected with them.
This and the Presidential succession law Of
the last session are most important achieve
ments. If they could be supplemented
how with 4 constitutional amendment in
c:easing the Presidential term to six years
:,ad forbiiding the reelection Of an incum
lent. We should advance still further on
III. way 30 stability and freedom, for al
;c;;>: part Of the time. from political excite
men; and partisan plottjng.-Ne~ Iark
tteniEr Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-02-02
The Railroads and the Law.

Prominent railroad men suggest a con-
vention Of railroad representatives to agree
upon q rise Of 100 per cent. IL through
freight rates, with the anticipated effect OF
creating panic and bringing about the re-
peal Of the Interstate commerce Act
Such an advance would pay the railroads
very well until the commissioners brought
them to books for vi> latipg the Fundamental
requirement Of the act, Which is that the
rates shall De reasonable and just" An
advance of 100 per cent. in rates at one
time by all the railroads would look like q
pool or conspiracy, and would have to be
explained satisfactorily by reference to de-
tails. There is penalty of So, 900 for each
violation Of the act This penalty, together
with the terrors Of an investigation, will
probably prevent any unnecessary advance
Of rates. The better policy for the rail
roads is to accept the Act Loyalty and try to
carry it out in good faith. They have long
desired something TO protect them from
themselves, and they may yet find the inter
State commerce Act the very thing they
have wanted. II subjects them TO the re-
straints Of law, and must tend to substi-
tute- civilized methods for barbarous and
predatory habits. There are some roads
probably that never had solid basis Of
business. But 10 roads that are really
needed, quiet, steady and honest ways, such
as the Law requires, will in the end be ad-
mi.ted to be better. Stockholders viii un-
doubtedly fare better when railroad officials
lose their autocratic powers and wildcat
adventures have an end.-BQitin10re 4Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-02-02
4 Big Robbery in Charleston.

Charleston is very much stirred up over
the systematic robbery of one Of the largest
wholesale houses or East Bay, and a Pin
kerton detective who has been working up
the case has Just made his report. 1t is
said that since the death Of the senior some
six years ago the house has fallen behind
between 500, coo and $l30,0Oo but ii was
not until six months ago that the house Sis
pected anything WRONG. 4 Pinke:ton de-
tective was sent for. Soon after this Il
Young man was given employment IN Tie
store and gradually worked himself up from
porter, watchman, assistant shipping clerk,
etc, remaining IL each department long
enough to become thoroughly acquainted
With his fellow clerks The young man
turned out to be & detective ard about a
week ago he returned to his employers and
made his report to the agcncy who sent It
to the house The report exposed the
whole business and designated the guilty
parties The firm is now treating with them
with a view 10 recovering Il portion Of the
spoils. Il is said that one Of the clerks o.:
saIesmen, or whoever he is nobody seems
to know who he is. has offered $4,000 TO
get off. This enterprising youth, so tne
story goes, has managed IN tive or SIX years
to accumulate deposit OF $4,000 in the
city bank, and to do this OF 4 salary Of $40
per month. There are said to be three or
four others who have been equally success
full IN business, and.it is stated that the
reason the matter has been Kept quiet IS be-
cause the firm is endeavoring to compromise
with its wealthy employees. This, it may be
repeated, issimply a summary of the thous
and and one rumors that are flying about
condensed and put into narrative FORM
SzcG1sRQN Neaps.